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Child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings: operational guide: a holistic approach for programme managers

World Health Organization WHO; Eastern Mediterranean Region (2022) C_WHO

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Global surveillance, prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases - a comprehensive approach

Bousquet, J.; Khaltaev, N. (2007) C_WHO

Chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kill more than four million people every year and affect hundreds of millions more. These diseases erode the health and well-being of the patients and have a negative impact on families and societies. Women ... more

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Strengthening the Role of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: A Facilitator’s Guide

B. Lee, E. Pearce, D. Buscher Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) C1

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The increasing burden of asthma in South African children: A call to action

Masekela, R.; Gray, C.L.; Green, R.J. et al. The South African Medical Journal (2018) CC

BACKGROUND. Asthma is a heterogeneous condition characterised by chronic inflammation and variable expiratory airflow limitation, as well as airway reversibility. The burden of asthma in children is increasing in low- and middle-income countries and remains under-recognised and poorly managed. OBJE... more

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment

U.S. Global Change Research Program (2016) C2

The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment Climate change is a significant threat to the health of the American people. This scientific assessment examines how climate change is already affecting human health and the changes that may occur in the fu... more

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Utilisation des masques médicaux et non médicaux/en tissu dans le cadre des activités de santé à base communautaire pendant la pandémie de COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

sur la base des orientations actuelles de l’OMS, 31 may 2021. Aide mémoire This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable ... more

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Community health workers’ efforts to build health system trust in marginalised communities: a qualitative study from South Africa

Watkins, J:W.; F. Griffiths, and J. Goudge BMJ Open (2021) C1

Community health workers (CHWs) enable marginalised communities, often experiencing structural poverty, to access healthcare. Trust, important in all patient–provider relationships, is difficult to build in such communities, particularly when stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and now ... more

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Using country of origin to inform targeted tuberculosis screening in asylum seekers: a modelling study of screening data in a German federal state, 2002–2015

Bozorgmehr, K.; Preussler, S.; Wagner, U. et al. (2019) CC

Screening programmes for tuberculosis (TB) among immigrants rarely consider the heterogeneity of risk related to migrants’ country of origin. We assess the performance of a large screening programme in asylum seekers by analysing (i) the difference in yield and numbers needed to screen (NNS) by c... more

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Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health for Women during Wars and Migrations: A Narrative Synthesis from the COST Action Riseup-PPD in the Context of the War in Ukraine

Rodríguez-Muñoz, M. F., Krupelnytska, L. et al. (2022) CC

Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth. Therefore, understanding the impact of war on the perinatal health of women is an important requisite to improve perinatal care. This narrative synthesis has two mai... more

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Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C. C. Johnson; C. Kennedy; V. Fonner; et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society (2017) C2

Johnson CC et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20:21594 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21594 | https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21594

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Recommandations pour les stratégies de dépistage et les capacités de diagnostic du SARS-CoV-2 à l’échelle nationale
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

orientations provisoires, 25 juin 2021. Des tests de diagnostic rapides et précis sont un outil essentiel pour prévenir et contrôler la propagation du COVID-19. Ce document décrit les recommandations relatives aux stratégies nationales de dépistage et à l'utilisation de la PCR et des tests an... more

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Task-sharing interventions for improving control of diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Linju Maria, J.; et al. (2020) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2020Published OnlineNovember 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30449-6

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“Our children have the right to an education too”: Strategies Employed by Orange Farm Caregivers of Children with Disabilities in Pursuit of the Right to a Basic Education

Elphick, J., De SasKropiwnicki, Z. &Elphick, R. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC

This paper aims to understand the agency that caregivers who participated in a CBR empowerment component programme exercised, in order to promote the rights of their children with disabilities to a basic education.

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

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Progress towards the UNAIDS 90–90-90 goals by age and gender in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a household-based community cross-sectional survey

H. Huerga; G. van Cutsem; J. B. Farhat; et al. MBC Public Health; BioMed Central (2018) CC

BMC Public Health, Volume 18, Article number: 303 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5208-0 Published: 02 March 2018

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Psychological treatments for depression and anxiety disorders in low-and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis

E van‘t Hof, P Cuijpers, W Waheed, DJ Stein (2011) CC

Afr J Psychiatry 2011;14:200-207

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Survey-Based Cross- Sectional Study

Abir, T.; et al. (2021) CC

Annals of Global Health, 87(1), p.43. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3269; The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, and stress) in Bangladesh and the factors associated with these symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. They found that ... more

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Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study

Joanna Raven, H. Wurie and S. Witter BMC Health Services Research (2018) CC

BMC Health Services Research BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:251; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3072-3

Utilisation des masques médicaux et non médicaux/en tissu dans le cadre des activités de santé à base communautaire pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 recommended

Recommandations pour les stratégies de dépistage et les capacités de diagnostic du SARS-CoV-2 à l’échelle nationale recommended

Utilisation des masques médicaux et non médicaux/en tissu dans le cadre des activités de santé à base communautaire pendant la pandémie de COVID-19
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Recommandations pour les stratégies de dépistage et les capacités de diagnostic du SARS-CoV-2 à l’échelle nationale
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